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June 16th, 2011 on 10:20 pm
Well researched and spoken TED, Richard. Just wondering who “they” is when you talk about the weak form of panspermia? You do not mention who is saying and thinking what. Who are some of the researchers trying to figure this out? You need to remove anything directly borrowed from the TED talk format (intro bit and final TED text) due to copy right issues.
June 17th, 2011 on 1:50 pm
I really liked the subject and how indepth you went with the different kinds panspermia. I think it might help to summarize the entire talk in the introduction so the watcher has a better idea of where its going to go.
I also liked the slides. They were well organized and consistant.
June 18th, 2011 on 12:07 am
Toren’s comment continued.
I agree with you, it doesn’t seem very likely.
Of the three kinds of basic panspermia, naked seems the most bizarre. A naked organism landing on earth and surviving seems completely impossible. Not only is the vacume of space going to be very, very hard to live in, but to evolve to adapt to living in a vacume the organism would probably have a good portion of its life there. Also, whats the point? Why would an organism want to float into space where there is no food or atmosphere? The idea sounds like it was made up because someone thought it was a cool idea and then not discarded because it is tehcnicaly possible.
June 18th, 2011 on 6:00 pm
Well written TED talk.
I like how you provided enough base information for viewers to understand the ideas that you are sharing, without basic knowledge viewers will become easily confused. With the basic knowledge that comes from your “intro” (if length doesn’t matter) viewers can follow what you are saying easily. I also liked how you answered many questions, but left us with a reminder of what the talk is central to. In my opinion I think you could add to your presentation by having a Teleprompter instead of cue cards so you can maintain contact with the camera, (with cue cards you need to lower your head. Overall great job.
-Derek.